function make_teams($league_id,$number_of_teams) {

        $users = $this->league_model->get_league_users($league_id);
        $skill_levels = array();

        foreach($users as $user) {

            $sorted_users[$user['user__skill_level']][] = $user;
            $skill_levels[$user['user__skill_level']] = $user['user__skill_level'];


        }

        $teams = array();

        for ($i = 1; $i <= $number_of_teams; $i++) {

            $teams[$i]['score'] = 0;
            $teams[$i]['users'] = array();


        }

        arsort($skill_levels);

        $team_with_lowest_score = 1;

        foreach($skill_levels as $skill_level) {


            echo '<h1>Skill Level: ' . $skill_level . '</h1>';

            // Figure out new pick order
            $pick_order = $this->_get_pick_order($teams);


            $pick_order_index = 0;

            echo '<p>initial pick order for round:';
            foreach($pick_order as $x) {
                echo ' | team ' . $x['team'] . ' [' . $x['score'] . 'pts]';
            }

            shuffle($sorted_users[$skill_level]);

            foreach($sorted_users[$skill_level] as $user) {

                $teams[$pick_order[$pick_order_index]['team']]['users'][] = $user;
                $teams[$pick_order[$pick_order_index]['team']]['score'] += $user['user__skill_level'];

                echo '<br />team ' . $pick_order[$pick_order_index]['team'] . ' receives: ' . $user['user__first_name'] . '';

                if($pick_order_index == $number_of_teams - 1) {
                    $pick_order = $this->_get_pick_order($teams);
                    echo '<p>new pick order for round:';
                    foreach($pick_order as $x) {
                        echo ' | team ' . $x['team'] . ' [' . $x['score'] . 'pts]';
                    }
                    $pick_order_index = -1;
                }

                $pick_order_index++;
            }

        }

        foreach($teams as $key=>$team) {

            echo '<h4>team ' . $key . ': ' . count($team['users']) . ' players</h4>';
            $team_total = 0;
            foreach($team['users'] as $user){
                $team_total += $user['user__skill_level'];
            }
            echo '<p>score: ' . $team_total . '</p>';

        }

        foreach($teams as $key => $team) {
            echo '<h2>Team ' . $key . '</h2>';
            echo '<p>score: ' . $team['score'] . '</p>';
            echo '<table>';
            foreach ($team['users'] as $user) {
                echo '<tr>';
                echo '<td>' . $user['user__first_name'] . '</td>';
                echo '<td>' . $user['user__last_name'] . '</td>';
                echo '<td>' . $user['user__skill_level'] . '</td>';
                echo '</tr>';
            }
            echo '</table>';
        }


    }

    function _get_pick_order($teams) {


        // Figure out new pick order
        $pick_order_x = array();
        $pick_order = array();

        foreach($teams as $key => $team) {
            $pick_order_x[$key]['team'] = $key;
            $pick_order_x[$key]['score'] = $team['score'];
        }

        $pick_order_x = subval_sort($pick_order_x,'score');

        foreach($pick_order_x as $x ) {
            $pick_order[] = $x;
        }

        return $pick_order;

    }

function subval_sort($a, $subkey, $order='asc') {
    foreach ($a as $k => $v)
        $b[$k] = strtolower($v[$subkey]);
    if ($order === 'desc')
        arsort($b);
    else
        asort($b);
    foreach ($b as $key => $val)
        $c[$key] = $a[$key];
    return $c;
}